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A child who is able to creep using its hands and knees but is not able to walk.
A crawl swimmer.
A tractor crawler, a motorized vehicle that uses caterpillar tracks instead of wheels.
A software bot that autonomously follows connected paths such as links between web pages.
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Crawler-based search engines have three major elements. The first is the spider, also called the crawler, which visits a web page, reads it, and then follows links to other pages within the site.
These serve as an algorithmic way to judge the “mobileness” of a site, and similar algorithms are likely to be used by the search crawlers.
A mobile stage in the development of stationary hemipteran insects such as scale insects—generally the first instar.
A cab that is driven slowly along while its driver looks out for a fare.
Usage- UK usage
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MATERIALS required: Two hanks of crepe or plain silk (this amount makes sleeves, also directions for which are given, though the crawler in the photograph is sleeveless); […]
INFANTS’ CRAWLER-AND-SHIRT SETS. […] Crawlers have lined bibs accented with white piping.
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T-shirts, stickers, and baby crawlers are available with the Liquid Medication logo: a martini glass. What a nice thing for a baby to wear; a crawler with an alcoholic drink on it.
Synonym of crawler crane.
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A person who is abused, physically or verbally, and returns to the abuser a supplicant.
Usage- Australia
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A sycophant.
Usage- Australia
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a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
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a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
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terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
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